Situations requiring enhanced coordination at Union level
Article 10
1. In the situations described in paragraph 2, the Commission shall enhance coordination at Union level for the management of an incident, based on the information referred to in Article 9 and in close coordination with the relevant Union risk assessment bodies. 2. Enhanced coordination at Union level pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be required when: (a) there is (i) a direct or indirect public health risk by a detected hazard in food or feed that has been identified in two or more Member States with an epidemiological link (e.g. human cases and/or deaths in different Member States with reliable analytical or epidemiological evidence on such link) and/or a traceability link (e.g. distribution of possibly contaminated food or feed to different Member States); or (ii) a serious potential impact related to the detected hazard on the functioning of the internal market in the area of food or feeds that has been identified; and (b) there is: (i) a major health impact related to the detected hazard; or (ii) disagreement on actions between Member States; or (iii) difficulty to identify the source of the risk. 3. The competent authorities of Member States and the European institutions may request the Commission to enhance its coordination based on the criteria laid down in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2.